Container for disposable radiation medication needles

ABSTRACT

The present invention provides a container for disposable radiation medication needles, which includes an antibacterial foamed box formed with an accommodating trough. Peripheral surfaces of the accommodating trough are provided with a plurality of vertical grooves spaced at intervals to form a waved construction. The top surface of the antibacterial foamed box is formed with a horizontal lip. One side of the lip is provided with a descending portion. The lip is covered by a sealing film. By this structure, the spaced grooves make the needles to be stably positioned in the accommodating trough and aligned with each other. After the sealing film covers the lip, the needles can be protected and isolated in a sterilized manner.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a container for syringes, and in particular to a container for disposable radiotherapy syringes.

2. Description of the Prior Art

Various diseases can be cured and postponed by suitable medical procedures. Cancer is one of the top ten causes of death. In order to treat a cancer patient, medical procedures have to be performed in an isolated and sterilized manner, thereby preventing the patient from suffering secondary infections.

Medications used for treating cancer may include radiation treatments, toxic medications or chemotherapy drugs, which are delivered using syringes in a sterilized environment to thereby prevent against secondary infection during its preparation and injection. However, health care systems are different in each country. For example, medical treatment and pharmaceutical dispensing may be separated, as in the United States of America. That is, after a doctor writes a prescription, a pharmacist can load the medication into a syringe. The preparation of such medications has to be completed in an sterile environment. Then, the pharmacist may inject the medication into the patient.

However, the medication is not well isolated from external air before its injection. As a result, the patient may suffer from secondary infection upon receiving the injection. Therefore, the Inventor proposes an antibacterial container, whereby the needles can be protected and isolated in a sterilized manner.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Aspects of the present invention provide a container for disposable needles used for the delivery of radiotherapy medication (i.e., medication that employs radioisotopes for therapeutic purposes), which includes an antibacterial foam box formed with an accommodating trough. Peripheral surfaces of the accommodating trough are provided with a plurality of vertical grooves spaced at intervals. The top surface of the antibacterial foam box is formed with a horizontal lip. One side of the lip is provided with a descending portion. The lip is covered with a sealing film. With this structure, the spaced grooves stably position the needles in the accommodating trough aligned with each other. After the sealing film covers the lip, the needles are protected and isolated in a sterilized manner.

An object of the present invention is to provide a container for disposable radiation medication needles, in which the grooves formed on the peripheral walls of the accommodating trough of the antibacterial foam box form a waved construction.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a container for disposable radiation medication needles, in which one side of the lip formed on the top surface of the accommodating trough of the antibacterial foam box is provided with a descending portion. The descending portion is provided with an inclination angle.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a container for disposable radiation medication syringes according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing needles and a sealing film of the container for disposable radiation medication needles according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a top view showing an antibacterial foamed box of the container for disposable radiation medication needles according to the present invention; and

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the container for disposable radiation medication needles according to the present invention taken along the line A-A in FIG. 1.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the container for disposable radiation medication needles according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing needles and a sealing film of the container for disposable radiation medication needles according to the present invention. The container 1 includes an antibacterial foamed box 10 and a sealing film 11. A plurality of needles 12 is received in the antibacterial foamed box 10. After the sealing film 11 covers the antibacterial foamed box 10, the needles 12 can be well isolated from the external air to thereby prevent against the adhesion of bacteria onto the needles 12 and the leakage of medications filled in the needles.

The antibacterial foamed box 10 is substantially formed into a rectangular box, in which an accommodating trough 100 is formed. The upper portion of the accommodating trough 100 is wider than its lower portion. The peripheral walls of the accommodating trough 100 are formed with a plurality of grooves 101 spaced at intervals to form a waved construction. The top surface of the accommodating trough 100 is formed with a horizontal lip 102. One side of the lip 102 is formed into a descending portion 103. The descending portion 103 is formed with an inclination angle. The needles 12 are received in the accommodating trough 100 with the front and rear ends of the needles 12 lodged between the grooves 101 of two opposites surfaces of the accommodating trough 100. After the needles 12 are received in the accommodating trough 100, the sealing film 11 covers the lip 102 formed on the top surface of the accommodating trough 100. The sealing film 11 can be removed from the antibacterial foamed box 10 quickly by means of the descending portion 103. The sealing film 11 is used to isolate and protect the needles 12 from the external air.

The sealing film 11 is a transparent plastic film covering the horizontal lip 102 on the top surface of the accommodating trough 100 of the antibacterial foamed box 10. The sealing film 11 is used to isolate the needles 12 from the bacteria and prevent against the leakage of the medications. By means of the container 1 of the present invention, the patients can be treated in a more sterilized manner.

Please refer to FIGS. 3 and 4, which are a top view and a cross-sectional view showing an antibacterial foamed box of the container for disposable radiation medication needles according to the present invention. As seen in FIG. 3, the accommodating trough 100 is formed into a rectangular box. The upper portion of the accommodating trough 100 is wider than its lower portion. The peripheral walls of the accommodating trough 100 are formed with a plurality of grooves 101 spaced at intervals. As shown in FIG. 4, after the needles 12 are received in the accommodating trough 100, a first end 120 and a second end 121 of each needle 12 are lodged between the grooves 102 formed on two opposites surfaces of the accommodating trough 100. The grooves 101 form a waved construction on the peripheral walls of the accommodating trough 100. Further, since the upper portion of the accommodating trough 100 is wider than its lower portion, the first end 120 and the second end 121 can be lodged in the grooves 102. A stem portion 122 of each needle 12 abuts against the bottom surface of the accommodating trough 100, so that the needles 12 can be juxtaposed tightly and aligned with each other. Thus, the grooves 101 formed on the peripheral walls of the accommodating trough 100 of the antibacterial foamed box 10 make the needles 12 to be stably lodged in the accommodating trough 100. After the sealing film 11 covers the lip 102 of the top surface of the accommodating trough 100, the needles 12 can be received in the container 1 in a sterilized and isolated manner. 

1. A container for disposable radiation medication needles, including an antibacterial foamed box, the container being formed into a rectangular shape, the container being formed with an accommodating trough for allowing the needles to be received therein, peripheral surfaces of the accommodating trough being provided with a plurality of vertical grooves spaced at intervals to form a waved construction in which the needles are lodged precisely, a top surface of the antibacterial foamed box being formed with a horizontal lip on which a sealing film is covered, one side of the lip being provided with a descending portion having an inclination angle.
 2. The container for disposable radiation medication needles according to claim 1, wherein the grooves are inclined.
 3. The container for disposable radiation medication needles according to claim 1, wherein the needles are positioned in the accommodating trough by the grooves. 